Around 2,500 troops are based at the engineering school in Minley, Surrey, at any one time. That means multiple attempts were made by individual personnel to enter blocked sites, according to a military document.

Ministry of Defence guidelines state troops are allowed to watch what they want online provided it is not illegal.

But there are strict rules preventing them from accessing and transmitting material described as being “indecent, obscene or embarrassing to the Ministry of Defence”.

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“Troops like sex and they like to gamble so there should be no surprise they are trying to access these sites”

Soldier

Troops training at the school are allowed to use wi-fi to access the Defence Learning Environment as part of their course.

But a “snapshot” of online activity revealed that they were mainly using it to download porn and gamble online during working hours. Now top brass have cracked down.

A document posted on notice boards at the base warned soldiers not to “misuse and access illegal sites”.

It said: “All users should be aware that it is possible using current software technology to identify those personnel attempting to gain access to blocked sites.

“Line managers should be aware a fair proportion of this is taking place between 0800hrs and 1600hrs. If it continues personnel will be named and wi-fi access will be revoked for those individuals abusing the system.”

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